Category: Writing
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Depression can it be Contagious?
Ones up on a time, a relative told me when he got cancer, the whole family got “cancer”. First he didn’t realise it, but a sign with those words in the doctors waiting room made him think deeper about it. Of course, he told me, there is not one family that reacts the same as…
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Hästens SkyddsÄngel visade mig vägen
Foto Per Johansson. Krönika Tidningen Nära ”Vem är det som är ansvarig för den gula hästen som står på baksidan?”, ropade jag till människorna som stod ute på stallplanet. Barnen och jag befann oss åter igen nere i södra Italien för att arbeta med de hemlösa hundarna. Vi hälsade på ridskolan som vi känt till…
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The Girl’s Past Helped her Become an Animal Lawyer
Text: Mia Mattsson-Mercer Photo: Shutterstock Outside my door stood a very thin girl in her too big t-shirt. By her side sat a messy dog. The girl could not be more than seven years old that first day. When the social workers came to pick her up, she refused to accompany the assistant without…
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In the Animal’s Own World are no Depressions
picture (c) Shutterstock “We think you should start eating antidepressant medicine. You have mild depression? “said the psychologist to me. I’m depressed! That could not be true! Every day I thanked for things and events in my life. Or, did I only gratify my gratitude while my thoughts were somewhere else? I did not want…